The Convert A Tale of Exile and Extremism
, by Baker, DeborahNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781555976279 | 1555976271
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 9/4/2012
*A 2011 National Book Award Finalist* A spellbinding story of renunciation, conversion, and radicalism from Pulitzer Prize-finalist biographer Deborah Baker What drives a woman raised in a postwar New York City suburb to convert to Islam, abandon her country and Jewish faith, and embrace a life of permanent exile in Pakistan? The Convert, a finalist for the National Book Award and a Publishers WeeklyBest Book of 2011, tells the gripping story of how Margaret Marcus of Larchmont became Maryam Jameelah of Lahore.